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Thus we present the following plan: TheUnited Statesfederal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to Sub SaharanAfrica.
Chapter 1: The Apartheid Past The privileged society we live in is a direct result of the apartheid past – our ignorance toUnited Statespolicy that is plagued with colonial discourse is the root of current African disparity – this cycle of violence will continue without first addressing the question of reparations. AfricaAction "Reparations" 2007 (http://www.africaaction.org/resources/issues/reparations.php).
And, this continued colonialism contributes to immeasurable dehumanization and death.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu 5 September 2001
Ecumenical caucus statement at World Conference Against Racism http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?id=2442.
Moreover, in the face of this racial colonization a discourse of reparations is necessary to address lingering damage;putting a price on past injustices is not enough – we must respond to the current health crisis as reparations for the colonial ignorance that brought it about.
Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action. June 19, 2003 (Who owes whom? AIDS and reparations Christian Science Monitor, http://www.africaaction.org/desk/csm0306.htm).
Lastly, rebuilding public health is the necessary form of these reparations.
Steve Miller, The Washington Times, September 11, 2001.
Chapter 2: The Ethic of Essentialism
Our use of the phrase Sub SaharanAfricais by no means a celebration of its colonial meaning – rather a strategic essentialization of the phrase which is key to criticize and break down the dominant discourse surrounding it.
Raka Shome, Senior Lecturer at the London School of economics and political science with a PhD in communication studies at the University of Georgia, February 1996, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”.
And, the phrase Sub Saharan is a construct used by the West to controlAfrica's constitution as a geopolitical space, allowing for the imperialist drain of resources and the total control of African ontology. This causes the perpetuation of violent apparatuseswhich are the causesof all genocideal violenceoccuring in Africa. Stategical Essentialism of theterm of Sub Sahara allows Africans to reconfigure their own subjectivity, rising up from Western violence.
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, Afican Activist, Editor, USAfricaOnnlinel Respected Author, 2006, Arikan Quest, "Mediawatch," http://www.southwark.tv/quest/aqMediawatch.asp.
And, framing matters– the continuation of colonial discourse is an apparatus of colonial control – our 1AChas chosen its words carefully so should the negative otherwise domination is inevitable.
Arturo Escobar, Distinguished professor at Chapel Hill, Enccountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Thrid World, Princeton Press, 1994.
Lastly, representation shapes the way policies towards Africa are created – representations of Africa as the "Other" justifiescultural domination – we must question our framing and representations in the context of Africa.
Lucy Jarosz, University of Washington Department of Geography, 1992, Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography, Vol. 74, No. 2., p. 105-115, JSTOR.
Chapter 3: F* the Disad Prioritizing the politics of the "here" above the politics of the "elsewhere" represents Africa as a risk - this perpetuates the cause of violence rather than contributing to their solution.
Riat Abrahamsen, Department of Internatino Politics – University of Wales, 2005, Alternatives 30, Blair's Africa: "The Polics of Securitization of Fear".
Err on the side of probable impacts – their so called experts do not understand the future of political affairs – its as accurate as a moneky throwing darts.
Louis Menadd, Phd at Columbia, The New Yorker, December 5, 2005.
Futhermore, this is proven by the fact that nuclear war will never end in extinction.
J.R. Nyquist, Worldnetdaily.com, May 20, 1999**, “Is Nuclear War Survivable”.
Previous version(s) that may have more info are here
Thus we present the following plan:
The United States federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to Sub Saharan Africa.
Chapter 1: The Apartheid Past
The privileged society we live in is a direct result of the apartheid past – our ignorance to United States policy that is plagued with colonial discourse is the root of current African disparity – this cycle of violence will continue without first addressing the question of reparations.
Africa Action "Reparations" 2007 (http://www.africaaction.org/resources/issues/reparations.php).
And, this continued colonialism contributes to immeasurable dehumanization and death.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu 5 September 2001
Ecumenical caucus statement at World Conference Against Racism http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?id=2442.
Moreover, in the face of this racial colonization a discourse of reparations is necessary to address lingering damage; putting a price on past injustices is not enough – we must respond to the current health crisis as reparations for the colonial ignorance that brought it about.
Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action. June 19, 2003 (Who owes whom? AIDS and reparations Christian Science Monitor, http://www.africaaction.org/desk/csm0306.htm).
Lastly, rebuilding public health is the necessary form of these reparations.
Steve Miller, The Washington Times, September 11, 2001.
Chapter 2: The Ethic of Essentialism
Our use of the phrase Sub Saharan Africa is by no means a celebration of its colonial meaning – rather a strategic essentialization of the phrase which is key to criticize and break down the dominant discourse surrounding it.
Raka Shome, Senior Lecturer at the London School of economics and political science with a PhD in communication studies at the University of Georgia, February 1996, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”.
And, the phrase Sub Saharan is a construct used by the West to control Africa's constitution as a geopolitical space, allowing for the imperialist drain of resources and the total control of African ontology. This causes the perpetuation of violent apparatuses which are the causes of all genocideal violence occuring in Africa. Stategical Essentialism of the term of Sub Sahara allows Africans to reconfigure their own subjectivity, rising up from Western violence.
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, Afican Activist, Editor, USAfricaOnnlinel Respected Author, 2006, Arikan Quest, "Mediawatch," http://www.southwark.tv/quest/aqMediawatch.asp.
And, framing matters – the continuation of colonial discourse is an apparatus of colonial control – our 1AC has chosen its words carefully so should the negative otherwise domination is inevitable.
Arturo Escobar, Distinguished professor at Chapel Hill, Enccountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Thrid World, Princeton Press, 1994.
Lastly, representation shapes the way policies towards Africa are created – representations of Africa as the "Other" justifies cultural domination – we must question our framing and representations in the context of Africa.
Lucy Jarosz, University of Washington Department of Geography, 1992, Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography, Vol. 74, No. 2., p. 105-115, JSTOR.
Chapter 3: F* the Disad
Prioritizing the politics of the "here" above the politics of the "elsewhere" represents Africa as a risk - this perpetuates the cause of violence rather than contributing to their solution.
Riat Abrahamsen, Department of Internatino Politics – University of Wales, 2005, Alternatives 30, Blair's Africa: "The Polics of Securitization of Fear".
Err on the side of probable impacts – their so called experts do not understand the future of political affairs – its as accurate as a moneky throwing darts.
Louis Menadd, Phd at Columbia, The New Yorker, December 5, 2005.
Futhermore, this is proven by the fact that nuclear war will never end in extinction.
J.R. Nyquist, Worldnetdaily.com, May 20, 1999**, “Is Nuclear War Survivable”.